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2012 Honda Civic Spotlights Japanese Big Squeeze

August hasn’t been a happy month for Honda. Earlier this month, in addition to the recall of 2.5 million vehicles, respected news agency Reuters issued a compendium of the damning US assessments of the 2012 Honda Civic.

GM Slashes Costs as Share Price Plunges

After emerging as the world’s number one car manufacturer for the first half of the year, General Motors has declared it will cut the number of platforms in its inventory by more than half – from 30 in 2010 to just 14 by 2018.

Worst-ever Car Accessories

Auto accessories are generally quite conservative. You've got your seat covers, your floor mats, your driving lights. That is, before before you jump into the Twilight Zone, where you can witness some of the greatest automotive travesties of all...

Worst New Car Accessory of all Time

Dumb-est ever automotive accessories for your smart phone? And the winner is: the Steer Safe hands-free car kit. What could be safer than clipping your iPhone, Blackberry or Galaxy S to the rim of your steering wheel? (Answer: Turning up to interview...

Tyre Tech: A Health Check Could Just Save Your Neck

The old joke among tyre engineers is also one of the tyre game’s bigger issues. See, the difference between good tyres and bad tyres is that they are both black, and round. However tremendous the gulf in performance separating a really good tyre...

Paris Hilton Joins Lexus LFA Owner’s Club, Twice

Lifestyles of the rich and vacuous: famous-for-nothing-substantive celebrity hotel heiress, Paris Hilton, has taken delivery of her second Lexus LFA supercar. This week Ms Hilton (the 2007 Guinness World Records official ‘Most Overrated...

Cops Put the Brakes on Speed Camera Revenue

The Victorian Police are waging war against the state government - and it's gotten dirty. Reports have surfaced that the cops have started kicking the Government where it hurts: in the cameras.

Carbon Tax Relief Promised for Ordinary Drivers

Fuel will not be subject to the carbon tax. (Cue collective motorists’ sigh of relief.) Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced on the weekend – curious timing – that fuel would be “forever exempt” from the carbon tax, even after it becomes...